Richard Russo I don’t think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland. – Richard Russo America Quotes Center Quotes Dublin Quotes England Quotes Ireland Quotes London Quotes I’ve never written nearly as much about place as people seem to think I do. I just write about class. The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling.
Lloyd Blankfein I remember, my first job when I got my working papers at 13 was as a vendor at Yankee Stadium – the old Yankee Stadium, with very steep stairs in the upper decks. It was all commission-based. And I think a soft drink was 25 cents, and I think you got a 10 percent or 11 percent commission. – Lloyd Blankfein
Mike QuigleyPolitics I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they’re absolutely vital. – Mike Quigley
Jessica Williams I was doing a college show for the first time, and there was this 20-year-old gay male who’s been diabetic his entire life. He said, ‘I really wanna get into stand-up.’ I was like, ‘Oh, my God, do you realize how interesting and inherently funny you are? Go do all the comedy that you wanna do.’ I care about that. – Jessica Williams
Chris O'Dowd When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is – and it’s because comic acting isn’t taken seriously enough. It’s a discipline. You know instantly – either you’re funny and getting the laughs, or you’re not. – Chris O’Dowd
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